Sri Lanka earned about 583 million U.S. dollars from tourism in the first two months of 2022, compared to 16.4 million dollars in the same period of 2021, according to data from the central bank.

Earnings from tourism in February were 314.5 million dollars, while the country earned 268 million dollars in January, the data shows.

A total of 178,834 tourists visited Sri Lanka by the end of February this year, and it was only 5,047 for the same period in 2021.

By March 6, all tourist arrivals amounted to 200,798, which is higher than those in 2021.